Sean “Diddy” Combs is in his “love” era.
The 54-year-old rapper revealed on The Graham Norton Show that he was entering a new period in his life and career inspired by his middle name change two years ago from “John” to “Love” — and credited David Bowie with the idea.
When asked by host Graham Norton where “love” fits into his new name, Combs said: “… David Bowie. I’ve always been a fan of his, and he could always give you different artistic personas. But for me, my real life is my art, so there were different periods.”
“So there was the ‘Puff Daddy’ era, ‘P. Diddy era, but I dropped the P. Then it was the ‘Diddy’ era, and now this is the ultimate goal,” he explained. “I became Love.”
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Norton then asked if she should call Diddy “Love,” to which the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer admitted that it can be “confusing.”
“Call me Diddy. Call me Diddy, but when I’m ‘love’, I’m in that mood too because I always have to remind myself that we live in a toxic world and that love is against hate. That’s what’s happening right now. And I choose love,” he explained.
“That’s my new name, and love wins. Love wins, let’s all go!” he added to the audience.
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Combs announced in May 2021 that he had changed his middle name by showing a photo of his updated driver’s license on Instagram. “Look what I just got in the mail today… 🖤💫✨⚡️,” he captioned a photo of a Florida ID. “IT’S OFFICIAL!!! WELCOME TO THE ERA OF LOVE.”
Along with the photo of the ID, Combs also added a shot of himself writing “Love” inside a heart, with different iterations of his signature above it.
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The name change also inspired his new EP Love album: Off the Grid, which he published in September. The project marked Diddy’s first solo album since 2006’s Press Play, which included the hits “Come to Me” with Nicole Scherzinger and “Last Night” with Keyshia Cole.
“The thing about it is the game that goes with it. It’s Love album but you have to go off the grid. It means you have to meet up with your significant other and turn off your Wi-Fi, lock the door, turn on the red light, put on this album and then just go with the flow,” he described the album on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
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